#2B596A#2B596A

#2B596A is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.057 H 224.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B596A
RGB	rgb(43, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.40, -10.28, -14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.40, 17.80, 234.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.89% -0.0409 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(43.89% 0.057 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1692, 8.6983, 14.9340)
Luminance	0.0870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B596A #6A3C2B

analogous

#2B6A5C #2B596A #2B3A6A

triadic

#2B596A #6A2B59 #596A2B

tetradic

#2B596A #5C2B6A #6A3C2B #3A6A2B

square

#2B596A #5C2B6A #6A3C2B #3A6A2B

split-complementary

#2B596A #6A2B3A #6A5C2B

monochromatic

#091216 #19343E #2B596A #3D7E96 #559FBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#2B596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#2B596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B596A

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B596A	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50576B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46506A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.057 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8894',
    500: '#2b596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b596a;
$custom-light: #6a8894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 42.282,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43891,
    "c": 0.05746,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B596A

secondary

#9C6855

accent

#7756D2

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B596A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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